Help im stuck!!!
Half of me wants to upgrade right now but the other half is saying wait.
The core of my pc is 5 years old now and its showing its age at times.
Phenom II 955 3.2GHz
A bog standard ASUS motherboard
8 gig RAM
Needed a new PSU a few months back and with realizing I plan to upgrade I went overkill and bought a 1200w PSU and at the same time bought a NZXT Phantom 410 case with plenty room to grow.
And also currently running with a SAPPHIRE R9 270 Card that I got for very cheap.
I realize I could upgrade the 5 year old parts pretty cheap but what I want is for those parts to last 4-5 years.
Due to money no longer being as much of a problem im finally going to switch to intel and nvidia and not sure whether to go for a 4 core i7 or wait for the 8 cores to be released at the end of the year.
Another option I thought up would be to buy a good motherboard and a cheap i5 CPU and wait for the 8 core CPUs and upgrade once they are a stable option.
So basically im asking if I should
1. Go for it now and buy the best I can now
2. Buy a new motherboard now along with a cheap i5 upgrarding later to an 8 core CPU
3. Or just be patient
Any thoughts and advice would be welcome.
Thanks in advance
Half of me wants to upgrade right now but the other half is saying wait.
The core of my pc is 5 years old now and its showing its age at times.
Phenom II 955 3.2GHz
A bog standard ASUS motherboard
8 gig RAM
Needed a new PSU a few months back and with realizing I plan to upgrade I went overkill and bought a 1200w PSU and at the same time bought a NZXT Phantom 410 case with plenty room to grow.
And also currently running with a SAPPHIRE R9 270 Card that I got for very cheap.
I realize I could upgrade the 5 year old parts pretty cheap but what I want is for those parts to last 4-5 years.
Due to money no longer being as much of a problem im finally going to switch to intel and nvidia and not sure whether to go for a 4 core i7 or wait for the 8 cores to be released at the end of the year.
Another option I thought up would be to buy a good motherboard and a cheap i5 CPU and wait for the 8 core CPUs and upgrade once they are a stable option.
So basically im asking if I should
1. Go for it now and buy the best I can now
2. Buy a new motherboard now along with a cheap i5 upgrarding later to an 8 core CPU
3. Or just be patient
Any thoughts and advice would be welcome.
Thanks in advance
